Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14388805 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN DUMP TRUCK BED FELL ON HIM

Accident Summary Nr: 14388805 -- Report ID: 0524700 -- Event Date: 02/11/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101328433	02/16/1988	5153	0	Swanders Farmers Elevator

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A FEED MILL OPERATOR IN A COUNTRY GRAIN ELEVATOR, WAS DUMPING A LOAD OF SHELLED CORN INTO A RECEIVING PIT. HE HAD DUMPED ABOUT HALF THE LOAD WHEN HE HAD TO STOP BECAUSE THE PIT WAS FULL. HE THEN APPARENTLY TRIED TO LOWER THE BED OF THE DUMP TRUCK USING THE LEVER IN THE CAB, BUT THE LEVER STUCK. HE THEN LEANED IN BETWEEN THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND THE FRAME TO ATTEMPT TO FREE THE BED CONTROL LEVER. HE SUCCEEDED, CAUSING THE BED TO COME CRASHING DOWN AND CRUSHING HIS HEAD BETWEEN THE BED AND THE FRAME. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, BUT ANOTHER EMPLOYEE STATED THAT THE MECHANISM HAD FUNCTIONED PROPERLY EARLIER IN THE DAY. SHERIFF DEPUTIES TRIED THE MECHANISM AFTER THE EVENT AND IT FUNCTIONED PROPERLY.

Keywords: HEAD, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, TRUCK, DUMP TRUCK, STRUCK BY, DUMP TRUCK BED, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101328433			Fatality	Fracture	Miscellaneous plant and system operators

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